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Table 1 Characteristics of patients according to the control of Office Blood Pressure

From: Urinary and dietary sodium and potassium associated with blood pressure control in treated hypertensive kidney transplant recipients: an observational study

 

OBP <140 and <90 (mmHg)

OBP ≥140 and/or ≥90 (mmHg)

P

N

29

41

 

Age (years)

56 ± 11

57 ± 11.7

0.70

Graft survival (years)

7.5 ± 7.3

6.4 ± 6

0.49

Office SBP (mmHg)

126 ± 9

145 ± 11

<0.00001

Office DBP (mmHg)

78 ± 8.5

86 ± 13

0.004

Heart rate (beat/min)

68 ± 10

69 ± 12

0.80

Hemodialysis vintage (years)

3.0 ± 5.4

2.5 ± 1.7

0.56

BMI (kg/m2)

25.7 ± 4.7

25.8 ± 4.7

0.92

Number of antihypertensive drugs

2.1 ± 1

2.1 ± 1

0.94

GFR(ml/min)

68.2 ± 25

63.1 ± 25

0.23

Calcineurin inhibitors N (%)

26 (89.6)

38 (92.7)

0.68

Prednisone (daily dose)

4.7 ± 1.8

4.7 ± 1.0

0.87

Urinary excretion

   

Diuresis (ml)

2439 ± 846

2593 ± 968

0.50

Na+ (mmol/24 h)

155 ± 72

176 ± 90

0.33

K+ (mmol/24 h)

66 ± 23

59 ± 25

0.28

Na+/K+

2.5 ± 1.1

3.2 ± 1.2

0.035

NaCl (g/24 h)

9.1 ± 4.2

10.3 ± 5.3

0.32

Diet intakes

   

Na+ (mg/24 h)

2289 ± 942

1868 ± 679

0.17

K+ (mg/24 h)

2900 ± 780

2243 ± 773

0.025